Eun Young Han, Ph.D., DABR
Department of Radiation Physics, Division of Radiation Oncology
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Physics - Patient Care, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2005 | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, PHD, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences |
Postgraduate Training
| 2005-2007 | Medical Physics Residency, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN |
Board Certifications
| 2008 | American Board of Radiology |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, 2018 - 2020
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Physics, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2015 - 2020
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Safety Representative for CNS Service, Department of Radiation Physics - Patient Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2018 - Present
Residency Program Director, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 2011 - 2015
Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Clinical Research Council, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2021 - Present
Member, Electron Rollout Workgroup, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2020 - Present
Member, Mid-Career Faculty Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2020 - Present
Member, SBRT SOP Standardization Workgroup Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2020 - Present
Member, Junior Faculty Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2019 - 2020
Member, Faculty Senate, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2019 - Present
Member, Task Group to Develop a New System for Weekly Chart Check. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Assignments, 2018 - 2018
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Vaccarelli MJ, Krafft SP, Briere TM, Svensson S, Han EY. Evaluation of RayStation's delivered dose and accumulated dose features for spine stereotactic radiotherapy. Med Dos 48(1):1-7, 2023.
- Quan E, Krafft SP, Briere TM, Vaccarelli MJ, Ghia AJ, Bishop AJ, Yeboa DN, Swanson TA, Han EY. Comparison of setup accuracy and efficiency between the Klarity system and BodyFIX system for spine stereotactic body radiation therapy. J Appl Clin Med Phys 23(11):e13804, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36210179.
- Han EY, Yeboa DN, Briere TM, Yang J, Wang H. Dosimetric analysis of MR-LINAC treatment plans for salvage spine SBRT re-irradiation. J Appl Clin Med Phys 23(10):e13752, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36004700.
- Nealon KA, Court LE, Douglas RJ, Zhang L, Han EY. Development and validation of a checklist for use with automatically generated radiotherapy plans. J Appl Clin Med Phys 23(9):e13694, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35775105.
- Han EY, Wang H, Briere TM, Yeboa DN, Boursianis T, Kalaitzakis G, Pappas E, Castillo P, Yang J. Brain stereotactic radiosurgery using MR-guided online adaptive planning for daily setup variation: An end-to-end test. J Appl Clin Med Phys 23(3):e13518, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34994101.
- Han EY, Cardenas CE, Nguyen C, Hancock D, Xiao Y, Mumme R, Court LE, Rhee DJ, Netherton TJ, Li J, Yeboa DN, Wang C, Briere TM, Balter P, Martel MK, Wen Z. Clinical implementation of automated treatment planning for whole-brain radiotherapy. J Appl Clin Med Phys 22(9):94-102, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34250715.
- Baltz GC, Briere T, Luo D, Howell RM, Krafft S, Han EY. 3D-printed headrest for frameless Gamma Knife radiosurgery: Design and validation. J Appl Clin Med Phys 21(9):6-15, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32603542.
- Han EY, Diagaradjane P, Luo D, Ding Y, Kalaitzakis G, Zoros E, Zourari K, Boursianis T, Pappas E, Wen Z, Wang J, Briere TM. Validation of PTV margin for Gamma Knife Icon frameless treatment using a PseudoPatient® Prime anthropomorphic phantom. J Appl Clin Med Phys 21(9):278-285, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32786141.
- Luo D, Han EY, Wen Z, Mackin DS, Krafft SP, Li J, Wang X, Briere TM. Use of uniform shots for robust planning of mask-based treatment in Gamma Knife Icon. Phys Med 73:135-157, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32361402.
- Han EY, Aima M, Hughes N, Briere TM, Yeboa DN, Castillo P, Wang J, Yang J, Vedam S. Feasibility of spinal stereotactic body radiotherapy in Elekta Unity® MR-Linac. J Radiosurg SBRT 7(2):127-134, 2020. PMID: 33282466.
- Han EY, Wen Z, Lee HJ, Shin J, Paulino AD, Lee C. Measurement of Electron Return Effect and Skin Dose Reduction by a Bolus in an Anthropomorphic Physical Phantom under a Magnetic Resonance Guided Linear Accelerator (MR-LINAC) System. Intl J Med Phys, Clin Eng Radiat Oncol 7:339-346, 2018.
- Han EY, Paudel N, Sung J, Yoon M, Chung WK, Kim DW. Estimation of the risk of secondary malignancy arising from whole-breast irradiation: comparison of five radiotherapy modalities, including TomoHDA. Oncotarget 7(16):22960-9, 2016. PMID: 27027239.
- Han EY, Chao M, Zhang X, Penagaricano J. Feasibility study on deformable image registration for lung SBRT patients for dose-driven adaptive therapy. Intern J Med Phys, Clin Eng and Radiation Oncology 4:224-232, 2015.
- Han EY, Kim DW, Zhang X, Penagaricano J, Liang X, Hardee M, Morrill S, Ratanatharathorn V. Dosimetric effect on pediatric conformal treatment plans using dyamic jaw with tomotherapy HDA. Med Dosim 40(3):244-7, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25771837.
- Sharma S, Moros EG, Boerma M, Sridharan V, Han EY, Clarkson R, Hauer-Jensen M, Corry PM. A novel technique for image-guided local heart irradiation in the rat. Technol Cancer Res Treat 1(1):89-98 e600256, 2014. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24000983.
- Zhang X, Penagaricano J, Han E, Morrill S, Hardee M, Liang X, Gupta S, Ratanatharathorn V. Dosimetric comparison of craniospinal irradiation using different tomotherapy techniques. Technol Cancer Res Treat 1-7, 2014.
- Han E, Ha W, Jin Y, Bolch W, Lee C. Effective dose conversions for health care provider exposed to pediatric and adult victims in radiological dispersal device incident. J Radiol Prot, 2014.
- Takahashi Y, Vagge S, Agostinelli S, Han E, Matulewicz L, Schubert K, Chityala R, Ratanatharathorn V, Tournel K, Penagaricano J, Florian S, Mahe M, Verneris M, Weisdorf D, Corvo R, Dusenbery K, Storme G, Hui S. Multi-institutional feasibility study of a fast patient localization method in total marrow irradiation with Helical Tomotherapy – A global health initiative by International Consortium of Total Marrow Irradiation. Int. J. Rad. Onc. Biol. Phys, 2014.
- Han EY, Lee C, Mcguire L, Bolch WE. A practical guideline for the release of patients treated by I-131 based on Monte Carlo dose calculations for family members. J Radiol Prot 34(2):N7-N17, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24705486.
- Han E, Lee C, McGuire E, T Brown, Corry P, Bolch W. Organ S values and effective doses for family members exposed to adult patients following I-131 treatment: A Monte Carlo simulation study. Med Phys 40(8):083901, 2013.
- Han E, Clarkson R, Sharma S, Corry P, Moros E. X-ray collimator design using Monte Carlo simulations. Bio. Med. Eng 25(6):13500543, 2013.
- Zhang X, Penagaricano J, Yan Y, Sharma S, Griffin R, Hardee M, Han E, Ratanatharathom V. Application of spatially fractionated radiation (GRID) to helical Tomotherapy using a novel TOMOGRID template. Technol Cancer Res Treat 1(1):47-57 e600261, 2013.
- Han E, Lee C, Bolch W. TEDE per cumulated activity for family members exposed to adult patients treated with 131I. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 153(4):448-56, 2012. PMID: 22821723.
- Han E, Zhang X, Yan Y, Sharma S, Penagaricano J, Moros E, Corry P. Static jaw collimation settings to minimize radiation dose to normal brain tissue during stereotactic radiosurgery. Med Dosim 37(4):391-5, 2012.
- Watanabe Y, Han E. Image registration accuracy of Gamma plan: A phantom study. J Neurosurg 15(4):21-24, 2008.
- Higgins P, Han E. Evaluation of surface and superficial dose for head and neck treatments using conventional or intensity modulated techniques. Phys Med Biol 52(4):1135-46, 2007.
- Lee C, Lee C, Han E, Bolch W. Consideration of the ICRP 2006 revised tissue weighting factors on age-dependent values of the effective dose for external photon. Phys Med Biol 52(1):41-58, 2007.
- Han EY, Bolch WE, Eckerman KF. Revisions to the ORNL series of adult and pediatric computational phantoms for use with the MIRD schema. Health Phys 90(4):337-56, 2006. PMID: 16538139.
- Farfán EB, Han EY, Bolch WE, Huh C, Huston TE, Bolch WE. A revised stylized model of the adult extrathoracic and thoracic airways for use with the ICRP-66 human respiratory tract model. Health Phys 86(4):337-52, 2004. PMID: 15057054.
- Kim S, Han E. Conceptual source design and dosimetric feasibility study for intravascular treatment: a proposal for intensity modulated brachytherapy. J Korean Soc Ther Radiol Oncol 21(2):158-166, 2003.
Abstracts
- Paudel N, Han E, Liang X, Morrill S, Zhang X, Hardee M, Penagaricano J, Ratanatharathorn V. Effect of jaw position on dose to critical structures in 3-D conformal radiotherapy treatment of pancreatic cancer. Med. Phys 42(6):3413, 2015.
- Liang X, Penagaricano J, Paudel N, Zhang X, Morrill S, Corry P, Han E, Hardee M, Ratanatharathorn V. Evaluation of improvement of esophagus sparing in SBRT lung patients with biologically based MRT optimization. Med. Phys 42(6):3237, 2015.
- Kim D, Han E, Paudel N, Hardee M, Chung W, Sung J, Yoon M. The comparison of risk of secondary malignancies arising from five different whole breast radiation treatments. Med. Phys 42(6):3504, 2015.
- Han E, Kim D, Zhang X, Liang X, Wurtz A, Hardee M, Penagaricano J, Vaneerat R, Morrill S. Comparison of the Dosimetric Efficacy of Helical Dynamic Jaw Vs. Fixed Jaw of TomoTherapy HDA, SU-E-T-83. Med.Phys 41(6):241, 2014.
- Zhang X, Penagaricano J, Han E, Liang X, Morrill S, Hardee M, Gupta S, Vaneerat R. Dosimetric Comparison of Craniospinal Irradiation Using Different Tomotherapy Techniques. Med. Phys 41(6):310, 2014.
- Liang X, Morrill S, Hardee M, Han E, Penagaricano J, Zhang X, Vaneerat R. Point Dose Variation Using a Single Ir-192 HDR Brachytherapy Plan for Two Treatments with a Single Tandem-Ovoid Insertion for Cervical Cancer, SU-E-T- 263. Med. Phys 41(6):284, 2014.
- Han E, Gupta S, Zhang X, Hardee M, Ratanathrathorn V, Morrill S. Assessment of monthly linear accelerator beam profile constancy based on AAPM TG-142 recommendations, SU-E-T-154. Med. Phys 40(6):239, 2013.
- Gupta S, Zhang X, Han E, Liang X, Sharma S, Morrill S, Hardee M, Penagaricano J, Ratanatharathorn V. Preliminary study of the comparison of patient specific QAs using the diode and ionization chamber based dosimetry systems. SUE-T-204. Med. Phys 40(6):251, 2013.
- Zhang X, Gupta S, Han E, Morrill S, Penagaricano J, Liang X, Sharma S, Hardee M, Ratanatharathorn V. Multi-institution comparison for Truebeam commissioning data and beam modeling verification using an Anisotripic Analytic Algorithm. Med. Phys 40(6):279, 2013.
- Han E, Lee C, McGuire E, T Brown, Penagaricano J, Corry P, Bolch W. Patient Specific Assessment of External Radiation Exposure to Bystanders Interacting with Patients Following 131I therapy. Med. Phys 39:3694, 2012.
- Zhang X, Penagaricano J, Sharma S, Clarkson R, Chao M, Chen X, Han E, P Corry, Ratanatharathorn V. A Dosimetric Study of Spatially Fractionated Radiation (Grid) Using Linac Grid Block and Newly Designed Virtual TOMOGRID Template. SU-E-T-345. Med. Phys 39:3783, 2012.
- Han E, Harma S, Yan Y, Moros E, Corry P. Using Monte Carlo in the Design of Small Animal Irradiator Collimators. Med. Phys 38:3560, 2011.
- Yan Y, Penagaricano J, Corry P, Moros E, Gardner K, Han EY, Zhang X, Chao M, Griffin RJ, Ratanatharathorn V. SU-C-BRB-01: Spatially Fractionated Radiation Therapy (GRID) Using a TomoTherapy Unit. Med. Phys 38:3369, 2011.
- Han E, Zhang X, Velasco C, Yan Y, Moros E. SU-GG-T-534: The Impact of Linac Static Jaw Setting on Dose Output from Small Field SRS/SRT Using an Add-On Micro-Multileaf Collimator. Med. Phys 37:3310, 2010.
- Yan Y, Velasco C, Zhang X, Chao M, Han E, Moros E. SU‐GG‐T‐299: A Digital QA Solution Using 2D Ion Chamber Array. Med. Phys 37:3254, 2010.
Grant & Contract Support
| Title: | Development of Automated Treatment Planning for CNS disease |
| Funding Source: | Department Physics Chair |
| Role: | Principal Investigator-MDACC |
| Title: | Auto-planning for head and neck stereotactic radiation therapy |
| Funding Source: | Chair of Radiation Physics |
| Role: | Co-Principal Investigator |
| Title: | Developing cost-effective registration workflow to scale up the Radiation Planning Assistant (RPA) system in low- and middle-income countries |
| Funding Source: | ROSI Global RT Seed Grant |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |